Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for O-PEN-LY
O-PEN-LY, adv. [o'pnly.]
- Publicly; not in private; without secrecy; as, to avow our sins and follies openly. How grossly and openly do many of us contradict the precepts of the Gospel by our ungodliness and worldly lusts! Tillotson.
- Plainly; evidently; without reserve or disguise.
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